Bethel Congregational Church in White Salmon is offering a different kind of worship experience on Friday afternoons, a Taize prayer service.
The week's ending service consists of prayers set to authentic recorded Taize music, quiet scriptural reflection, and periods of silence enhanced by a darkened sanctuary lit with candles and scented with incense. The effect is to invite closer attention to God and a deepened contemplative mood.
While perhaps new to residents of this area, Taize services are known throughout the Christian world in 30 different countries. Originating in France some 80 years ago within an innovative monastic community of lay Protestants and Catholics, now some 100 Taize brothers strive to be a presence of love and caring among the poor and suffering of the world.
An important part of their ministry is this unique prayer service known for its melodic and rhythmical music -- short songs repeating simple prayers as meditative chants -- punctuated by periods of silence in which one can feel an inward stillness.
People of all faiths seeking spiritual renewal are invited to these unique services on Friday afternoons from 5:30 p.m.-6:15 p.m. Instrumental centering music begins at 5 p.m.
Bethel Congregational Church is located off Jewett Boulevard at 480 E. Jewett in White Salmon. Please call 493-4991 for more information.
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